Georgian era

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historical era period of British history

The Georgian era was a period of British history from the early 18th to early 19th century marked by the reigns of the first four King Georges and characterized by expanding empire, Enlightenment thought, and distinctive architecture and arts.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Georgian era canonical	105
Regency era	5
Georgian England	2
Georgian period	2
Early Georgian	1
Georgian era in Britain	1
Hanoverian era	1
Late Georgian	1
Regency	1
Regency era literature	1
late Georgian era	1
reign of King George III	1

Statements (108)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical era ⓘ period of British history ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endTime	1830 ⓘ
followedBy	Georgian era self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Regency era Victorian era ⓘ
follows	Stuart period ⓘ surface form: Late Stuart era Stuart period ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Bloody Code criminal laws ⓘ Blue and Buff Whig fashion ⓘ Enlightenment thought ⓘ Georgian social dancing ⓘ Methodist churches ⓘ surface form: Methodist movement Palladian revival ⓘ antiquarian interest in the past ⓘ assembly rooms culture ⓘ china and porcelain collecting ⓘ classical education ideals ⓘ coffee and tea consumption ⓘ coffeehouse culture ⓘ coffeehouse political debate ⓘ coffeehouse-based financial trading ⓘ country house culture ⓘ development of English landscape garden style ⓘ development of banking and finance ⓘ development of museums and collections ⓘ development of party politics ⓘ distinctive architecture ⓘ duelling culture ⓘ early railways ⓘ enclosure of common lands ⓘ evangelical revival ⓘ expansion of legal profession ⓘ expansion of parliamentary power ⓘ fashion for Grand Tour ⓘ growth of industrial towns ⓘ growth of insurance industry ⓘ growth of medical profession ⓘ growth of newspapers ⓘ growth of print culture ⓘ growth of professional classes ⓘ growth of public concerts ⓘ growth of public theatres ⓘ growth of slavery-based plantation economy in colonies ⓘ growth of the middle class ⓘ import of sugar and tobacco ⓘ impressment in the Royal Navy ⓘ improvement in policing in London ⓘ improvement in roads and canals ⓘ increased literacy ⓘ interest in classical antiquity ⓘ landscape gardening ⓘ mapping and surveying of Britain ⓘ naval supremacy ⓘ neoclassical style ⓘ overseas colonial expansion ⓘ patriarchal family structure ⓘ patronage system in politics ⓘ planned squares in cities ⓘ polite society norms ⓘ politeness and refinement ideals ⓘ press gangs for naval service ⓘ primogeniture in inheritance ⓘ rapid urbanization ⓘ reform movements ⓘ religious pluralism ⓘ rise of Romanticism in later years ⓘ rise of abolitionist movement ⓘ rise of consumer culture ⓘ rise of philanthropic movements ⓘ rise of seaside resorts ⓘ rise of the novel ⓘ rotten boroughs ⓘ salon culture ⓘ satirical art and literature ⓘ scientific exploration and voyages ⓘ scientific societies ⓘ spa town culture ⓘ stock market speculation ⓘ terraced housing development ⓘ transition from Baroque to neoclassical arts ⓘ transportation of convicts to colonies ⓘ turnpike trusts ⓘ
hasPart	Agricultural Revolution in Britain ⓘ American Revolutionary War ⓘ Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: Enlightenment in Britain Industrial Revolution ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Seven Years' War ⓘ reign of George I of Great Britain ⓘ reign of George II of Great Britain ⓘ George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: reign of George III of the United Kingdom reign of George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ
namedAfter	George I of Great Britain ⓘ George II of Great Britain ⓘ George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ
significantEvent	Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ Gordon Riots ⓘ Irish Rebellion of 1798 ⓘ Peterloo Massacre ⓘ Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ surface form: Union with Ireland abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire ⓘ expansion of the British Empire in India ⓘ loss of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
startTime	1714 ⓘ

Referenced by (122)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

To Anacreon in Heaven → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

George I of Great Britain → era → Georgian era ⓘ

Paymaster of the Forces → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

George III of the United Kingdom → era → Georgian era ⓘ

Stuart period → followedBy → Georgian era ⓘ

Georgian era → followedBy → Georgian era self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regency era

Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1801–1816) → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Victorian era → follows → Georgian era ⓘ

King’s Theatre, Haymarket → historicalPeriodOfProminence → Georgian era ⓘ

Whig Party → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Sense and Sensibility → setInPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

subject surface form: Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)

this entity surface form: Regency era

Elinor Dashwood → timePeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regency era

Georgian architecture → partOf → Georgian era ⓘ

Agricultural Revolution in Britain → timePeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh → era → Georgian era ⓘ

John Montagu, 5th Earl of Sandwich → era → Georgian era ⓘ

Blackadder → settingPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regency era

Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex → era → Georgian era ⓘ

Royal Crescent → notablePeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Pump Room → notablePeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Jane Austen Centre → focusesOn → Georgian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regency era

Jane Austen → movement → Georgian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regency era literature

Prince Octavius of Great Britain → era → Georgian era ⓘ

Dorothy Fane → placeOfActivity → Georgian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Georgian England

Earl of Burlington → era → Georgian era ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington

Cheltenham → architecturalStyle → Georgian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regency

William IV → era → Georgian era ⓘ

Navy Board → timePeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

The English Chronicle (via her husband’s editorship) → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

subject surface form: The English Chronicle

Jacobite risings → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Coronation of George IV → historicalEra → Georgian era ⓘ

Thomas Bentley → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

J. Dodsley → era → Georgian era ⓘ

Coronation of George II → associatedWith → Georgian era ⓘ

Lord Charles Cavendish → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Jacobite rising of 1719 → conflictIn → Georgian era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Georgian era in Britain

Jacobite rising of 1745 → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Edmund Nelson → era → Georgian era ⓘ

John Bellingham → era → Georgian era ⓘ

Mellerstain House interiors → timePeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Queen Adelaide → era → Georgian era ⓘ

London Docks → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

18th Light Dragoons → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Battle of Culloden → historicalEra → Georgian era ⓘ

Honora Sneyd → timePeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Thomas Cubitt → era → Georgian era ⓘ

Midlands Enlightenment → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Elegy on Captain Cook → literaryPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ

Clerk of the Ordnance → historicalPeriod → Georgian era ⓘ